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A term usually preceding the adjective "acting", it used for when an individual, usually a male, has repressed desires or emotions expressed by means of using negative emotions to communicate. Having little fear and empathy. Usually following one's release from imprisonnent after undergoing behavioral and territorial changes. Or in other cases where individuals of middle class and higher class, display a nature that may imitate a hardened criminal, or a perceived thug, and has been influenced by peers and media that may tend to introduce it as a cultural trend. "Acting Out."